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US wants India to speed up with 123 agreement
New
Delhi,
Apr
6:
The
United
States
has
asked
India
to
''speed
up
its
part
of
the
job''
on
the
123
agreement
for
full
implementation
of
the
civilian
nuclear
agreement,
saying
it
had
fulfilled
its
own
commitments.
However,
India
says
it
cannot
be
rushed
into
anything.
Foreign
Secretary
Shiv
Shankar
Menon
held
discussions
with
US
Assistant
Secretary
of
State
for
Political
Affairs
Richard
Boucher
here
yesterday,
and
reviewed
the
progress
on
the
123
agreement.
Mr
Boucher
said
the
US
is
carrying
through
all
its
commitments
and
is
ready
to
conclude
the
deal
before
the
Presidential
elections
next
year.
It
is
now
for
India
to
complete
its
part.
Mr
Boucher,
who
was
in
India
representing
the
US
as
'Observer'
at
the
14th
SAARC
Summit
of
Heads
of
State/Government
on
April
3-4,
expressed
concern
that
the
pace
of
the
deal
was
slowing
down.
Along
with
the
US,
the
European
Union
(EU),
China,
Japan
and
south
Korea
also
attended
the
Summit
as
'Observers.'
''We
are
anxious
to
make
progress...,''
Mr
Boucher
told
CNN-IBN
in
an
interview.
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